Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:5101 Primary Sponsor:Kirsh Committee Number:21 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Medical University of S.C. trustees Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Computer Document Number:CYY/16008AC.94 Introduced Date:19940414 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19940414 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Kirsh Houck Type of Legislation:General Bill
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5101 House 19940414 Introduced, read first time, 21
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TO AMEND SECTIONS 59-123-40 AND 59-123-50, BOTH AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SO AS TO ADD AN AT-LARGE MEMBER TO THE BOARD AND TO REQUIRE ONE OF THE AT-LARGE MEMBERS TO BE A FAMILY PRACTICE PHYSICIAN.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-123-40 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 6 of Act 248 of 1991, is further amended to read:
"Section 59-123-40. The management and control of the university shall be is vested in a board of trustees, to be composed as follows: The of the Governor (or his designee), who serves ex officio, twelve members to be elected by the General Assembly in joint assembly, and one member two members to be appointed by the Governor, one of whom must be a physician practicing family medicine. The Governor shall make the appointment appointments based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and shall strive to assure that the membership of the board is representative of all citizens of the State of South Carolina."
SECTION 2. Section 59-123-50 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 6 of Act 248 of 1991, is further amended to read:
"Section 59-123-50. The present members of the board of trustees shall continue to serve until July 1, 1966, at which time their terms shall terminate and the members of the board to succeed the present members, and to fill the additional membership provided in Section 59-123-40, must be elected at a joint session of the General Assembly on the following dates: On the first Wednesday in February 1966, members representing the medical profession (medical doctor, dentist, registered nurse, or licensed pharmacist) and on the second Wednesday in February 1966, lay members or nonmedical members. One member of the medical profession from each congressional district and one layman or member of a nonmedical profession from each congressional district must be elected. The terms of all members elected commence on July 1, 1966. Of those first elected, the member who represents the medical profession from the first, second, and third congressional districts and lay members or members of the nonmedical profession from the fourth, fifth, and sixth congressional districts must be elected for terms of four years or until their successors are elected and qualify. The member of the board of trustees who represents the medical profession from the fourth, fifth, and sixth congressional districts and the members who are laymen or members of nonmedical professions from the first, second, and third congressional districts must be elected for terms of two years or until their successors are elected and qualify. Their successors must be elected for terms of four years or until their successors are elected and qualify. (A) After its 1984 session, the General Assembly shall elect successors to those members of the board of trustees of the Medical University of South Carolina it elects not earlier than the first day of April for a term to begin the following July first. Elections to fill vacancies on the board which are caused by the death, resignation, or removal of an elective trustee may be held earlier than the first day of April of the year in which the unexpired term terminates, but the term of the person elected to succeed the member expires on the last day of June of the year in which the term of the former member would have expired. In electing members of the board, the General Assembly shall elect members based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and shall strive to assure that the membership of the board is representative of all citizens of the State of South Carolina.
(B) The term terms of the at-large trustee trustees appointed by the Governor is are effective upon certification to the Secretary of State and is are four years. Any A vacancy in the office of the a member appointed by the Governor must be filled by appointment for the unexpired term in the same manner of original appointment. If the Governor chooses to designate a member to serve in his the Governor's stead, as permitted by Section 59-123-40, the appointment is effective upon certification to the Secretary of State and shall continue continues, at the pleasure of the Governor making the appointment, so long as he the Governor continues to hold the specified office."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.